I know your life is busy and many things are demanding both your time and attention. But I would ask that, before you go to bed, you take time to pray for the individuals on our "Thoughtful Thursdays" list.
Anonymous wrote:
48 years old divorced for 4 years, cannot find any peace of mind, I am consumed with loneliness. I have not been in a real relationship since my divorce I have not even been on any real dates. I get hooked up with men who just want me for sex and that is it. I want to be in a real relationship so bad it is consuming me. I try to wait on God. I pray but nothing… I am just so unhappy and lonely. I cry 90% of the time. I had one guy I really liked (I love him). We were off and on 3 of the 4 years but he did not feel the same way I did about him. My heart is so broken, the pain is so deep. I lose sleep. I can’t eat. My life is a MESS!! I know God wants me to put him first. I know God wants me to wait on him, but I am struggling with being single. I was married 23 years. My life has been in constant turmoil ever since. This loneliness is overwhelming. It is consuming me and I just want to be free. I want to enjoy my life until God brings me my Boaz, but no matter how I try, I can’t. I am still in love with this guy as well and cannot get past that either. Sometimes the hurt is so deep I can’t even pray. I want peace of mind so bad but I don’t know how to get to it. I have started fasting but it seems like it is getting worse and the pain it getter deeper. I want to believe but I can’t feel anything but hopelessness. I can’t see any hope in this thing at all. I can’t see any deliverance in this. I am just LOST!!!
Melissa wrote:
Hello Mrs. Dianna,
I am writing on today requesting prayer for some things that I am going through right now. Lately, life has been rather tough on me; however, I try not to complain. I would like for you and the Daily Cup family to pray that I can find a job that I will enjoy, soon! I have been out of work for quite some time now, and things are really falling apart. Secondly, I would like to say that I am dealing with some challenges regarding my vow to celibacy (just need to be honest here). I need God to completely cover my mind so that I will not falter in my Christian walk. Lastly (but certainly not least), I am in search of a good church home. I live in a small area, so there isn't much to choose from here. I thought I'd found a good one recently, but a dream and my gut feelings told me otherwise. My soul is so starved right now. I need to be in the House, because online services really aren't doing it for me. I know that God has placed a calling on my life, and I need to be somewhere where I can get spiritually fed, in order to be able answer and walk out my calling.
Sharon wrote:
I was molested at 4 years old by an uncle who has been in prison for that last 20 years. He is getting out in two weeks and I haven’t been able to eat, sleep, or think. I thought I forgave him a long time ago. But I guess it was just more like out of sight, out of mind. I can’t function like this though! I am a nervous wreck. I don’t know what to do but I need to let it go and forgive. My sister who is the only one who knows about this is telling me to get counseling or some kind of therapy. I would like to ask for you and your prayer team to cover me at this time in my life so I will have strength to face this new chapter. I don’t know what I will do or how I will react seeing my uncle face to face again.
Nancy wrote:
I am taking care of my mother after she got in a bad accident that doctors say will paralyze her for the rest of her life. She is such a strong-willed woman but to see her broken down like this is hard for me. She is angry now about her condition and very hard to care for and deal with. Pray for my strength. Sometimes I silently resent her and I don’t want to feel like this.
Anonymous wrote:
Dear Dianna,
I am a struggling writer. I have written some fiction books and self-published them but they didn’t go anywhere. Sometimes I feel like God has not really called me to write and that I am kidding myself. But then in my heart I feel like I shouldn’t quit. I have invested a lot of money in my dream but there is this voice deep within telling me to keep writing. I know I should not only obey just for money and book sales. I know that. But there is a part of me that wants to see some sign that I am actually on the right path that God wants me to be on. Please pray for me. I need courage and encouragement to move forward.
God, as I read these prayer requests, I feel the heaviness, sadness and pain. There is confusion and heartache, and uncertainty. But God, You are able to heal, mend, give strength, direction and clarity. I pray right now for everyone who is seeking Your help. Intervene in their situation. Comfort them as only You can. And remind them at their lowest point that they are never alone. For You, oh God, are with them. Stretch forth Your mighty hand and touch, move, restore, and make a way as only You can. And I praise You in advance for what’s already done. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
